Polystation doppler system tracking of vehicles,measuring displacement and rate thereof and similar applications

ABSTRACT

2. A METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE POSITION OF A MOVING OBJECT WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF OR REFERENCE TO THE TYPE OF PATH FOLLOWED BY THE MOVING OBJECT OR THE FORCES ACTING ON THE OBJECT OR KNOWLEDGE OF ANY PREVIOUS POINT OCCUPIED BY THE OBJECT, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF IDENTIFYING EACH OF A PLURALITY OF FIXED POINTS IN SPACE DETERMINING SIMULTANEOUSLY THE INSANTANEOUS VALUE OF THE COMPONENT OF VELOCITY OF THE MOVING OBJECT IN THE DIRECTION OF EACH OF THE NUMBER FIXED POINTS SUCH THAT THE OTHERWISE UNKNOWN AND UNBOUNDED POSITION OF THE MOVING OBJECT IS UNIQUELY DEFINED BY SAID DETERMINATIONS AND THE KNOWN PARAMETERS RELATED THERETO AND CALCULATING THE POSITION OF SAID MOVING OBJECT IN ORTHOGONAL COORDINATES RELATIVE TO SAID IDENTIFIED FIXED POINTS.

Dec. 12, 1972 c. M. HAMMACK 3,706,096

POLYSTATION DOPPLER SYSTEM TRACKING OF VEHICLES, MEASURING DISPLACEMENT AND RATE THEREOF AND SIMILAR APPLICATIONS Filed Feb. 2, 1961 27 Sheets-Sheet 1 COM PUTER\ F lo f DIRECTIONAL F /6 2 COUPLER I2-- REJECTION l3 MIXER FILTER POWER I6 AMPLIFIER 5 AMPLIFIER FREQUENCY FREQUENCY A TRANSLATOR METER INVENTOR. CALVIN M HAMMACK STANDARD OSCILLATOR ATTO/PNEVS Dec. 12, 1972 c. M. HAMMACK 3, 0

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CALVIN M. HAMMAC'K BY STANDARD OSCILLATOR M A IOPNEVS 1972 c. M. HAMMACK 3,706,096

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POLYSTATION DOPPLER SYSTEM TRACKING OF VEHICLES, MEASURING DISPLACEMENT AND RATE THEREOF AND SIMILAR APPLICATIONS Filed Feb. 2. 1961 27 Sheets-Sheet 9 FIG.. /5 I90 T/o [I r T T RECEIVER RECEIVER RECEIVER RECEIVER CEIVER T COUNTER CONTROLLER I E V 7 l |9|\1 T FREQUENCY TRACKER 1 COMPUTER I L VOICE K INVENTOR.

CALI IN M HAMMACK BY A 7' TOPNE Dec. 12, 1972 c. M. HAMMACK 3,706,096

POLYSTA'IION DOPPLER SYSTEM TRACKING OF VEHICLES, MEASURING DISPLACEMENT AND RATE THEREOF AND SIMILAR APPLICATIONS Filed Feb. 2, 1961 27 Sheets-Sheet 1O TUNED IF 2nd AUDIO RF sTACE MIXER AMPLIFIER DETECTOR AMPLIFIER b V j V l V 1 zoI 202 203 204 20s FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER FILTER 17/ I BALANCED DETECTOR VOLTAGE L I CONTROLLED 208 OSCILLATOR 2II 2I2 FREQUENCY FREQUENCY DIvIDER MULTIPLIER AND E I C F s L OR FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER DRIVER 2'3 BALANCED AMPLIFIER v MODULATOR 214 Q 215 2l6 f vOICE TRANSMITTER AMPLIFIER 2Ia INVENTOR.

CALV/N M hAMMAC/I A T TORNE 1972 c. M. HAMMACK 3,706,096

POLYSTATION DOPPLER SYSTEM TRACKING OF VEHICLES, MEASURING DISPLACEMENT AND RATE THEREOF AND SIMILAR APPLICATIONS Filed Feb. 2. 1961 27 Sheets-Sheet 11 FROM MIXER FILTER AMPLIFIER +45PHASE SHIFTER 234 BALANCED FILTER "DETECTOR 239 /a3a 6 240 VOLTAGE T CONTROLLED 237 OSCILLATOR -45PHASE SHIFTER MIXER FILTER AMPLIFIER REVERSIBLE COUNTER L TO 7 L COMPUTER 25| L230 I TT"T-TTTI I I TIMING I MIXER AMPLIFIER I SIGNAL I MIXER i I MULTIFLIER I FILTER I I VOLTAGE D INVENTOR.

CONTROL LE OSCILLATOR CALVIN M HAMMACK l BY L I www PHASE LOCKED OSCILLATOR ATTORNEYS Dec. 12, 1972 c. M. HAMMACK 3,706,096

POLYSTATION DOPPLERSYSTEM TRACKING OF VEHICLES, MEASURING DISPLACEMENT AND RATE THEREOF AND SIMILAR APPLICATIONS Filed Feb. 2. 1961 2'? Sheets-Sheet 12 F/6../9 TRACKING AND MEASURING UNITS SWITCH DETECTOR 26001. AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER I COMPUTER H LOcAL TIMER TO 7 STANDARD NAVIGATORS OSCILLATOR DISPLAY 7 FIG 20 BALANCED AMPLIFIER MODULATOR LO L 275 7274 STANDARD v OscILLATOR 273 MODULATOR z 7 PROvIDEs MODULATION 2 7 IN V EN TOR.

CAL VIN M HAMMACK AT TORNElS Dec. 12, 1972 c. M. HAMMACK 3,706,096

POLYSTATION DUPPLER SYSTEM TRACKING OF VEHICLES, MEASURING DISPLACEMENT AND RATE THEREOF AND SIMILAR APPLICATIONS Filed Feb. 2.. 1961 27 Sheets-Sheet 15 TRACKING AND MEASURING UNITS ENCODER COMMUNICATION TRANSMITTER I T/ZBO BEII EO N FIXED TRANSMITTER ACON TRANSMITTER v FIXED COMMUNICATION RECEIVER FIXED FIxED BEACON BEACON TRAN$M|TTER TRANSMITTER DECODER INVENTOR.

CAL V/N M. HAMMACK ON GROUN D BY COMPUTER INFORMATION LI, EMPLOYED M I 5 A T TORNEI S Dec. 12, 1972 c. M. HAMMACK 3,706,096 POLYSTATION DOPPLER SYSTEM TRACKING 0F VEHICLES, MEASURING DISPLACEMENT AND RATE THEREOF AND SIMILAR APPLICATIONS Filed Feb. 2. 1961 27 Sheets-Sheet 14' LANDING PAD FIG- 22 RECEIVER ANTENNAS ON GROUN D RECEIVERS ON TOWER S Al /O K @238 4 C 9 mic 58+ 4 2 5 M 9 S 0 E 2 L M A A G E P H M R I VS N 101E I R I0 I R ST E Dc M 0 RN OD T U T M VO D. A N n N R 5 6 7 O E 8 8 8 C L W 2 2 2 A w r C Y D L B m IIIIIIIII m n R A T u" 5 Q M R 4 m 5 r O m A R E 2 L F m R S W E NR R T F m m H I A F D F w M U m L m DI C 3 a E O C M O 9 5 S V S A L w 2 I M m m P 3 A M Z M r P R I A I E T m m w F R o 2 2 2 M E 5 m M J\ M w m I.II|||II S r k w o wwN ZOEaPm 2 T mwN ZOCdFW Dec. 12, 1972 c, H c 3,706,096

POLYSTATION DOPPLER SYSTEM TRACKING OF VEHICLES, MEASURING DISPLACEMENT AND RATE THEREOF AND SIMILAR APPLICATIONS Filed Feb 1961 27 Sheets-Sheet l6 24 SYNCHRONOUS 300 MIXER DETECTOR 304 v flggoa I AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER I MQDULATOR 303/ I 3o5 307 3O 9 v I J I l L I V I I OSCILLATOR I I 359 PHASE SHIFTERS I ISA O 3'5 TO COMPUTER TO STATION |Oo I IOOO 3'6 SHAFT ENCODER AM LIFIER PATH OF VEHICLE POINT MEASURED QUANTITY INVENTOR. CAL VIN M. HAMMACK BY STATION Dec. 12, 1972 c. M. HAMMACK 3,706,096

POLYSTATION DOPPLER SYSTEM TRACKING OF VEHICLES, MEASURING DISPLACEMENT AND RATE THEREOF AND SIMILAR APPLICATIONS Filed Feb. 2. 1961 27 Sheets-Sheet 16 OSClLLATOR IN PORT STARBORD 324 ANTENNA ANTENNA ANTENNA SEQUENCING SWITCH l I I TAIL ANTENNA 322 3 2 6 IN VHV TOR F /G 28 CAL V/N M HAMMACK BY 2$'%".i$fT/%%N 4 4.14

A TTORNEVS Dec. 12, 1972 POLYSTATION DOPPLER SYSTEM TRACKING 0F VEHICLES, MEASURING DISPLACEMENT AND RATE THEREOF AND SIMILAR APPLICATIONS Filed Feb. 2. 1961 C. M. HAMMACK 27 Sheets-Sheet 17 MIxER AMPLIFIER 330 L V 33I v L .I

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POLYSTATION DOPPLER SYSTEM TRACKING OF VEHICLES, MEASURING DISPLACEMENT AND RATE THEREOF AND SIMILAR APPLICATIONS Filed Feb. 2, 1961 27 Sheets-Sheet 18 FYG- POINT l POINT 2 sTATToN TRANSMITTER PU ssz sTATIoN REcEIvEs FROM BOTH TRANsMITTERs 35! TR2 E P#TER N M 8. REcEIvER sTATIoN TRANSMITTER sTATI ON STAT ON TRANSMITTER REc EIvER MULTIPLE CHANNEL TAPE REcoR DER INVENTOR. CAL V/N M. HAMMACK AT TORNE S TIMER Dec. 12, 1972 POLYSTATION DOPPLER SYSTEM TRACKING OF VEHICLES, MEASURING DISPLACEMENT AND RATE THEREOF AND SIMILAR APPLICATIONS Filed Feb. 2. 1961 c. M. HAMMACK 3,706,096

27 Sheets-Sheet 19 357 'l AMPLIFIER l MIXER AMPLIFIER I I I I I' 556 l I l FILTER I vOLTACE l CONTROLLED LE EIE E Q PFIASE LOCKED OSCILLATOR MODULATION MODULATOR OSCILLATOR I 358 V K359 36o MIXER FILTER AMPLIFIER I +45 362 364 366 PHASE SHIFTER FILTER AMPLIFIER 4s @363 PHASE SHIFTER I I MIXER LAND WIRE TO TAPE RECORDER IN CONTRO CENTER INVENTOR. CALV/N M HAMMACK A 7' TORNE S Dec. 12, 1972 c. M. HAMMACK ,0 6

POLYSTATION DOPPLER SYSTEM TRACKING 0F VEHICLES, MEASURING DISPLACEMENT AND RATE THEREOF AND SIMILAR APPLICATIONS Filed Feb. 2. 1961 27 Sheets-Sheet 2O DETECTOR FILTER AMPLIFIER TAPE 'PLAYBA K DETECTOR FILTER AMPLIFIER HEAD PULSE 372 374 376 FORMING NETWORK 370 I l 388 TAPE I 378\\ REVERSIBLE DRIvE COUNTER MOTOR 579 PRINTER SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR FILTER DETECTOR l I CORRELATOR OSCILLATOR I COMPUTER aaI CHART RECORDER 5a2 383 PLOT BOARD INVENTOR.

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